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In most cities trash collection and recycling seems like an automatic, and perhaps invisible process. In fact many of us take it for granted. So it's easy to miss the fact that it is a laborious effort that wastes valuable city resources. Large, noisy trucks barrel down city roads picking up cans and dumpsters no matter if they are full. And if they are overflowing, there's no potential for them to be picked up early.

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'Tis the season, which can be a time to take stock of all that we have to be grateful for and open our hearts to help those less fortunate. Some company founders and staff go a bit further and make that their job year round. Here are three exciting social entrepreneurs who are building companies for the greater good. In other words, they are for-profit companies with products and services that boost the bottom line while also benefiting a disadvantaged community. By doing well they are doing good.

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Innovation starts at a local level, driven by entrepreneurs who solve the problems that are right in front of them. A city provides an endless supply of areas to improve upon but it can be difficult to know where to start. Several cities are creating Living Labs, which are platforms to streamline and integrate technology applications.

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